CHARLATANS Antonyms

• conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

• not counterfeit or copied

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

• without dissimulation; frank

• worthy of being depended on

• without pretensions

• not forged

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful

• based on known statements or events or conditions

• in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles

• authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

• make legal

• show or affirm to be just and legitimate

• make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)

• a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

• of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood

• engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

• of or relating to or suitable as a profession

• characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

• of or relating to a profession

• a person engaged in one of the learned professions

• an athlete who plays for pay

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• engaged in by members of a profession

• a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

• a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

• a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

• an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

• practices one branch of medicine

• someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

• a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry

• having or revealing supreme mastery or skill